3) Soul (living for the soul-not the body) allows the soul to be our choice
4) Ego (giving verses taking) prevents us from having addictions
Remember, the quoted percentage of true Christians as I experienced from interviewing Christians is 10%. That is because we stopped with faith. In a vibrating world our resulting ego has us avoiding truth and developing addictions. We have a problem working with others and cannot see the Message In The Mirror. We have little Act Of Giving and our daily routines are controlled by our ego or addictions. Honest faith opens the door to our next step which gives us the opportunity to increase our percentage.
The Bible has established our faith, but that only opens the door to our questions. We need the faith as our beginning, but we quickly need to utilize the science of our universe to allow us to invest into our soul as our focus, rather than our selfish egoic desires of our body. The profit would go to the planet and our species, while our souls benefit for the future. Our commitment to truth will result in our devotion to our soul and not ego. How wonderful our society would be if Christians took responsibility for their bottom line. Money and extravagance would lose equity in our egoic delusion, and we would actually address the causes of our problems.
If we confront our religious leaders about spiritual topics all we get is Bible. That way our leaders do not have to be true leaders. They can simply study the Bible and then use it for themselves. I
should not have to debate with Christians. They should be able to deal with the bottom line, but are dominated by either fear or egoic self-importance. Our churches have an overall problem since they operate like a business. The preacher must please the congregation with the sermons and also must help the people get over their ego. This is a contradiction. There is a need to make the congregation happy with themselves so the preacher can keep his job, but he must try to help them spiritually.
What kind of person takes on such a challenge? To embrace suffering and look within, discover who they really are, and then make the commitment to seeking truth?